By Morgan Whitaker, MSNBC Raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour could help to lift nearly 5 million Americans out of poverty, according to a study released last week. University of Massachusetts-Amherst economist Arindrajit Dube found that proposals to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 would reduce the number of non-elderly […]
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The 1947 postcard is labeled “The Harbor at Bijou Park”, which was established in 1939. For comparison, to the left is the 2014 view of the marina. For fun, below are two unidentified young ladies circa 1950s. At left, you can see the footbridge across the waterway which existed until about 1997. — Bill Kingman
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By Robert S. Wood BAJA, Mexico – A winter visit to the tip of Baja in Mexico offers the quickest, easiest access I know to warm semi-tropical ocean beaches. Deanne and I like to visit shortly after Thanksgiving, when the water is still swimming pool warm — October can be too hot — before the […]
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To the community, Last week the Placer County Community Plan Team members received notification of a county-initiated board item (see below). This issue must be vetted properly by the Placer County Community Plan Team members as well as the Tahoe public at large. Happy New Year to all of you — The purpose of this […]
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By Alex Hutchinson, Outside It goes without saying that Olympic athletes need to be strong, fit, and tough. But none of that matters if they aren’t capable of adapting quickly to unexpected circumstances. Take former Slovenian swimmer Sara Isakovic. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, with one length remaining in the 200-meter freestyle final, disaster struck. […]
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By USSA CALGARY, Alberta -– World Cup Champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, Vt.) earned a second-place finish on a steep and icy Calgary moguls course Saturday, while Patrick Deneen (Cle Elum, WA) took third, his first FIS World Cup podium of the Olympic season. On Saturday Kearney also became the first U.S. athlete to achieve two […]
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By Katy Savage, Vermont Standard HARTLAND, Vt. — Inside Lauren Anderson’s home, there is a picture of eight grown children hanging underneath the stairwell. Two of the children in the photograph made it to a national snowboarding championship, another was a top slopestyle competitor, another won gold in snowboard cross at the Winter X Games […]
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Award-winning author Colum McCann will give a reading Jan. 9 at 5pm at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. McCann is the author of six novels and two collections of short stories. His most recent novel, “Transatlantic”, was long-listed for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. There will be reception at 4:30pm, with the talk from […]
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By Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times Eating well in 2014 could get more expensive. Items such as chocolate, beef, bread and cereal are expected to experience price hikes in the new year. According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report, all food prices are expected to increase by 1.25 percent to 1.75 percent and food-at-home […]
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William Collins, an internationally recognized climate change scientist and a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace prize, will be the keynote speaker at Operation Sierra Storm Meteorologist’s Conference Jan. 8-10. Other speakers during the three-day event include: Duane Waliser, chief scientist of the Earth Science […]
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